The California Attorney General on Wednesday announced an investigation into non-consensual sexually explicit material produced using Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by xAI. The investigation into the Elon Musk-owned company comes amid a broader global backlash against deepfake images that spread on X. Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office cited reports that users asked Grok…
‘He Gets Us’ campaign returns with another ad In the final moments of the broadcast, the evangelical groups behind the “He Gets Us” campaign poke at consumerism and greed to ask, “Is there more to life than more?” It’s the fourth straight year the group has advertised in the Super Bowl, and the controversial campaign…
Familiar Super Bowl foes will meet when the Seattle Seahawks take on the New England Patriots in the 2026 Super Bowl on Sunday, February 8. Seattle advanced with a 31-27 victory over the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Championship Game, while New England outlasted the Denver Broncos 10-7 in the AFC Championship Game. The…
This is a fairly common scenario in many synthesis labs: you know what raw material you have, and you know what product you need, but you don’t enough what reaction conditions will get you there. Unless you’re lucky enough to know someone with deep expertise in the best reaction for the job, you’ll likely spend…
The debate around artificial intelligence in the life sciences is evolving. This year at JPM Healthcare Week, the focus was less on whether AI would transform the biopharma industry – that question has largely been settled – and more on how it would be deployed responsibly, at scale, and within the workflows scientists actually use….
Ed. note: This article was first published in an ILTA publication. Artificial intelligence is much more than the latest new tool to hit lawyers’ desks. This era seems different from previous technological waves. Just as the Internet started as a novelty and grew into critical infrastructure, today AI is leading us toward another platform shift….
“Cybersecurity will be the first vertical to completely move from co-pilots to autonomous agents. The sheer speed of AI-based threats makes workflows involving humans a bottleneck rather than a protection,” said Yoni Osherov, general partner at Ouverture Capital, when asked which specific industry would be the first to fully trust AI with independent decision-making. “We…
“Code on the wall”/Nat W./IndustryToday/CC By-SA 2.0 A person is silhouetted in front of projected computer code. Generative artificial intelligence builds on similar software and is increasingly becoming a priority for lawmakers. Governments around the world have rigorously debated how to oversee its development. California lawmakers have made great strides over the past year to…
Meta’s 5-gigawatt “Hyperion” data center under construction in Richland Parish, Louisiana, January 9, 2026. Meta The popular narrative that artificial intelligence is the engine that keeps the U.S. economy alive appears exaggerated, according to recent analyses. The AI boom has reshaped stock market valuations, driven large investments and record bond issuances to finance data centers,…
Pour ceux qui espéraient que l’intelligence artificielle aiderait à fournir des médicaments réellement efficaces, l’espoir perdure. Ici, le Dr Raminderpal Singh revient sur la triste réalité que 2025 a apportée à l’industrie. L’année 2025 restera dans les mémoires comme le moment où la découverte de médicaments contre l’IA est passée de la promesse à la…